3 | Training handbook . Statelessness Contents Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................. 2 Thank you.............................................................................................................................................. 2 Who we are........................................................................................................................................... 2 Copyright information........................................................................................................................... 2 Feedback and comments...................................................................................................................... 2 Acronyms.............................................................................................................................................. 3 1. Introduction......................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Context: Country of Origin Information (COI) on statelessness..................................................... 4 1.2 Asylos project on statelessness...................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Consultations with statelessness experts ...................................................................................... 4 1.4 Report: Stateless Palestinians in Lebanon ..................................................................................... 6 2. Guidance.............................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 What is statelessness? Who does it affect? And what are the consequences?............................. 7 2.2 Legal definition of statelessness and other statelessness concepts ............................................ 10 2.3 Overlap between statelessness and refugeehood ...................................................................... 11 3. Legal context: International protection for stateless persons.............................................. 13 3.1 Nationality is a human right......................................................................................................... 13 3.2 Protection under the Statelessness Conventions ......................................................................... 14 3.3 Statelessness Determination Procedure (SDP) ............................................................................. 14 3.4 Statelessness Status in the UK: Part 14 of the UK Immigration Rules........................................... 15 4. Research strategy............................................................................................................... 22 4.1 No single experience of statelessness .......................................................................................... 22 4.2 Terminology related to statelessness ........................................................................................... 24 4.3 ‘In our own words’: including the voices of people with lived experience.................................. 27 5. Appendices......................................................................................................................... 28 5.1 Topic Guide.................................................................................................................................... 28 5.2 Guide to sources........................................................................................................................... 34 5.3 Regional and additional resources................................................................................................ 35 Acronyms COI – Country of Origin Information CPIN – UK Home Office Country Policy and Information Note CPIT – UK Home Office Country Policy and Information Team ENS – The European Network on Statelessness ISI – The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion PWDs – Persons with disabilities SDP – Statelessness Determination Procedure UNHCR – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNRWA – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East © Asylos, 2023 Back to contents